HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) STRATEGIES: By attracting the best talent, enhancing their abilities in the workplace, supporting them and awarding their workforce appropriately (Ehlers & Lazenby, 2010, p. 43) SAB ensures that they remain competitive in the market. They have three HR strategies to achieve this: 1. The SAB Way: Employing only the best applicants within SAB and rewarding them appropriately. (Ehlers & Lazenby, 2010, p. 41) 2. Training and Development: The SAB Training Institute (TI) provides training at an international level on all aspects of engineering as well as management development programs (Ehlers & Lazenby, 2010, p. 43). 3. HIV/AIDS: SAB provides support to their employees through an internal proactive HIV/AIDS strategy. The program is aimed at decreasing the cost and negative impact that HIV/AIDS has on the business. This preventative strategy pre-empts potential loss of productivity and provides a support base for those affected.

SOCIAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: Corporate responsibility can lead to indirect financial paybacks...

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